First published 2026
Agnes Aubert runs her cat rescue with military precision in 1920s Montreal. She has built her life around one mission: finding homes for abandoned cats. When circumstances force her to relocate the shelter, Agnes discovers her new arrangement comes with an unwelcome surprise. Her landlord Havelock Renard operates an illegal magic shop beneath her charity, using the cat rescue as cover for his international clientele. Havelock proves everything Agnes despises: disorganized, self-centered, and infuriating. He also happens to be a former Dark Lord with a dangerous past. Agnes wants nothing to do with his magical schemes. She has cats to save. But when enemies from Havelock's dark history threaten both the shop and her shelter, Agnes faces an impossible choice. To protect the cats she loves, she must defend the very man who once tried to end the world and now seems determined to complicate her orderly existence in entirely different ways.
Genres: romance, historical-fiction, 20th-century, mystery, adult-fiction, paranormal
Vibes: atmospheric, intimate, suspenseful
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, found-family
Setting: Montreal
Period: 1920s
353 pages · Hardcover · Del Rey